After my
previous post in which I wrote about the prediction of the 2014 FIFA World Cup results
using Chinese characters (which by the way turned out to be 100% right), today
I`m back with another post on this topic. Because even though the Chinese
football team didn`t take part in the World cup Chinese football fans were very
active on the web with witty and unusual memes…
According
to an anonymous Chinese netizen, Li Bai (701-762), one of the greatest Chinese
poets, foretold Brazil’s defeat more than 1000 years ago in a poem. How?
As you can see below, if vertically spelled out the first lines of the poem
read “二零一四巴西惨败” which means “2014 Brazil
suffers miserable defeat.”
One
acrostic in another poem attributed to Li Bai also spelled out “德国一比七胜巴西”, meaning “Germany beats Brazil
7 to 1”.
The
poems became an instant hit among Chinese netizens, fooling many (including me,
I admit it) into believing that the Tang dynasty poet actually predicted the
outcome of the 2014 competition.
Apparently many
felt offended that one of the greatest Chinese poets has been lowered to the
level of Paul the Octopus, but I found the joke quite original
and funny!
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